Like the fishermen on the island, his eyes are permanently narrowed against the sun and the sea.

His hands are bruised and torn from his time with the capaill uisce. He is hard-working and takes it upon himself to carry out his job properly.Īppearance 'This close, he’s almost too severe to be handsome: sharp-edged cheekbones and razor-edge nose and dark eyebrows. He is the most valuable worker of the Malvern Yard due to his natural way with the horses and his love of the capaill uisce, a love shared by few others, meaning that he often has to take care of them without the help of the other grooms who are too afraid. Sean is composed and self-assured, more at home among horses than among people. Personality 'You are the oldest nineteen I’ve ever met, Sean Kendrick.'

He won the race for the first time when he was 15, having previously lost to Ian Privett on Penda. Sean first took part in the Scorpio Races when he was thirteen. When he was ten years old, his father was killed during the Scorpio Races and so Benjamin Malvern, the rich horse breeder of the island, gave him a job at his yard as well as a small flat above the stable for him to live in. When Sean was eight years old, his mother left him and his father for the mainland. Thousands gather to watch the horses and the sea that washes the blood from the sand. Every November, the Scorpio Races are run beneath the chalk cliffs of Skarmouth. Stay alive, stay astride, stay out of the water. He is a horse lover and four-time champion of the Scorpio Races. The ebook of the stunning new novel from the bestselling author of SHIVER, LINGER AND FOREVER. I have forgotten what a full night's sleep feels like and what my name sounds like spoken instead of shouted across yards of sand. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. My arms ache from holding up two thousand pounds of horse. It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. My cheeks feel raw wth the wind throwing sand at them. ' This time of year, I live and breathe the beach.

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